John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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Purchasing VocaLink has cost Mastercard more than $900 million and some regulatory headaches, but the investment has to potential to spark new payment products and facilitate the card brand's pursuit of faster processing.
July 27 -
PayPal's strategy to partner with large institutions and push its popular Venmo social transfer app are literally paying off, as the company raised its earnings outlook and reported earnings that beat analysts' expectations.
July 27 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: PayPal's earnings boost; Stripe buys tax tech; UniCredit suffers a breach; ItzCash raises funds.
July 27 -
Wirecard has released a flurry of products in recent months as it builds a global footprint, and its most recent effort focuses on risk management for small businesses that want to sell online.
July 27 -
Bank of America will tokenize BofA cards across Mastercard and Visa portfolios in the U.S., supporting PayPal's mobile wallet.
July 26 -
Visa has led a $25 million investment round in open card issuing platform Marqeta, and the two companies will collaborate on consumer and commercial payment projects.
July 26 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Wells Fargo mistakenly leaks data; Canadians learn more about fintech; UniCredit embraces instant payments; A look at ransomware payments.
July 26 -
ABN Amro is enabling its Tikkie social P-to-P app to send tuition payment requests to students, a dramatic expansion from the transaction types the bank designed the app for.
July 26 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay expands with JCPenney; Western Union, BP team in Australia; Citi collaborates with Cornell; Three Square Market plans ID chips in staff.
July 25 -
As ATMs on large bank networks increasingly use mobile phones for account access — a trend driven in part by mobile banking — non-bank ATM operators are working to enable the same features to attract mobile-savvy cash users.
July 25 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Valerie Soranno Keating joins Apexx's board; ANZ opens cashless branch; Bitcoin upgrades; U.K. unveils new cash.
July 24 -
The payments industry has come a long way with how it treats loyalty and rewards. Here are some of the more creative offerings to come about this year.
July 21 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Alipay eyes Africa; CO-OP uses geolocation to reach young people; NACHA chooses a partner for microbusiness; Blockchain startup Billion draws a grant.
July 21 -
Visa has extended partnerships with PayPal in the U.S. and Asia to Europe to encourage digital payments. The strategy has helped boost the card network's earnings.
July 21 -
Ingenico's $1.7 billion deal to buy Sweden's Bambora will reduce the company's reliance on brick and mortar retail while arming it for battle in the highly competitive market for digital commerce and payments.
July 20 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Card brands push for China; U.K. cracks down on excessive fees, lack of currency transparency; Venmo gets caught in video equipment theft ring.
July 20 -
Like almost everything else related to Amazon's incursion into retail, the company's premium loyalty program has achieved a scale that appears ready to swallow the rest of the industry.
July 20 -
Turning a pre-existing digital payment network into an in-store line buster has been a key play for Starbucks and Square, and Amazon is weighing in with its own app that allows its huge network of users to streamline retail experiences.
July 19 -
Welcome to the PaymentsSource Morning Briefing, delivered daily. The information you need to start your day, including top headlines from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Barclays invests in API tech; Swatch intros contactless payments in China; TransferWise shuffles top ranks; Diebold Nixdorf's patent fight.
July 19 -
The evolution of the workforce away from traditional 40-hour per week full-time staff is making it harder to handle corporate travel expenses.
July 19
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